Hat-fastener.



HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2a, 1913.

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OTTO VOSS, OFSUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Application filed July 26, 1913. Serial No. 781,425.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, O'r'ro Voss, citizen of the United States, residing at Summerville, in the county of Dorchester and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved hat fastener and has for its primary object to provide means for fastening ladies hats to the hair, said fastening means being inconspicuous in use and eliminating the objec tionable protruding pin points.

The invention has for anothergobject the provision of a pair of movable pins or fasteners and means for mounting the same within the crown or body of the hat, and additional means for easily and quickly engaging the fasteners in the hair or removing the same therefrom.

The invention has for another and more specific object the provision of a support adjustably arranged within the crown of the hat, apair of pins or fasteners mounted upon said support for movement toward and from each other, said fasteners also being vertically movable with relation to the support when disposed upon the outer ends thereof, but held against such vertical movement when engaged in the hair, and means for moving said fasteners.

The invention has for still another object to produce a device of the above character which is simple and durable in its construction, may be produced at small manufacturing cost and is highly reliable and convenient in actual use.

With the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangements of the parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a diametrical section through a hat showing the same provided with my improved fastening means; Fig. 2 is a similar view, the fasteners being disposedin their extended posit-ions upon the support and one of said fasteners shown in its released position in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device; Fig. 41 is a section taken on the line H of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig, 2; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the slidable blocks and the fastening pin which is mounted thereon. Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2; Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. '2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 5 designates the hat crown which may be of any desired shape and constructed from straw or other material, said crown being provided at its edge with an inwardly projecting rim 6.

. Upon the rim 6, at diametrically opposite points, the lower ends of the standards 7 are secured in any preferred manner. These standards are longitudinally slottedas at 8 to receive the adjustable bolts 9 which secure the brackets 10 to said standards.

The supporting member 11 is preferably constructed of metal and is provided with a central integral extension 12 from which the arms 13 extend in opposite directions and in parallel relation to the body of said supporting member. nate short of the ends of said member and are provided with convex terminal faces 14 for a purpose which will be apparent from the following description: The ends of the member 11 are secured upon the respective brackets 10 by means of suitable fastening bolts 15. It will be apparent that by simply adjusting the brackets 10 upon the standards 7, the supporting member may be adjustably secured within the crown or body of the hat. The supporting member 11 is of hollow tubular construction, and may consist of a length of piping or be constructed from sheet metal. It will thus be understood that the arms 13 and the opposed body portions of the support are of substantially semi circular form while the central integral portion 12 of the support which connects the arms to the body thereof is of circular form in cross section. The spaces between the arms 13 and the body of the supporting member define longitudinal slots 16.

In a hollow tubular supporting member a These arms however, termipair of cylindrical blocks 17 are slidably mounted. A transversely disposed pin 18 is fixed in each of these blocks adjacent its outer end and upon said pins, the fastening members 19 are pivotally mounted at one of their ends. The pivoted end of each fastening member is bifurcated to provide spaced arms 20 which extend upon opposite sides of the support 11. From said bifurcated end, the fastening member is extended in the form of a fiat metal blade 21 which normally lies in one of the slots 16. From this solid rectangular portion, the fastening member is longitudinally extended in the form of spaced prongs or pins 22 which are curved and extend downwardly upon opposite sides of the support 11 and inwardly toward the center thereof.

Upon the outer end of each of the arms 13, a pulley or sheave 23 is loosely mounted upon the fixed stud 2 1 and an endless wire or cable 25 traverses these sheaves. To each of the sliding blocks 17 a pin 26 is fixed at one of its ends, said pins projecting outwardly and through the respective slots 16 upon relatively opposite sides of the support 11. The outer ends of these pins are extended upwardly and are suitably connected to the respective longitudinal stretches of the endless wire or cable 25.

27 designates an operating wire which is attached intermediate of its ends to the upper end of one of the pins 26. This wire extends through openings 28 provided in the standards 17 and at its extremities is loosely movable through the hat rim 6. Ornamental heads or buttons 29 are secured upon the ends of this wire and are yieldingly held in close contact with the under side of the rim 6 by the elastic tapes 30 which are connected at their opposite ends to the buttons and to the upper ends of the standards 7 respectively.

From the foregoing description, the con- 'struction and manner of operation of the de vice will be readily understood. In fastening the hat upon the head, the operator pulls upon the knob or head 29 which is connected to the right hand end of the wire 27, thus shifting the sliding blocks 17 in opposite directions in the tubular support 11, until the pivoted ends of the fasteners 19 are disposed V contiguous to the convex end faces 1 1 of the arms 18, as shown in Fig. 3. The hat is now lowered upon the hair, and the prongs or pins 22 engaging with the hair cause the fastening members to move to an angular position with respect to the blocks 17. The other of the buttons 29 connected to the left hand end of the wire 27 is then pulled so that the blocks 17 will be moved inwardly toward the center of the support 11. In this movement of the blocks, the inner pivoted ends of the fastening members are engaged with the convex faces 14: at the ends of the arms 18 and said members forced downwardly, thus moving the prongs or pins 22 downwardly and inwardly through the hair, until the prongs are disposed in a substantially horizontal position as shown in Fig. 1. It is of course understood that as soon as the buttons 29 are released the tapes 80 will contract and move the buttons against the under side of the hat rim. In this manner the hat is so curely fastened and retained in position upon the head. It will be seen that the hat crown is not pierced by pins in the usual manner and as the device is wholly located within the crown of the hat, the same will therefore be inconspicuous in use. In removing the hat, the wire 27 is again pulled to remove the pins or fasteners outwardly upon the support, and as said fastening members when extended may be moved angularly with relation to the support, it will be obvious that the same can be easily and quickly detached from the hair and the hat removed.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced a very simple, efficient and positive fastener for ladies hats which entirely Gl1l11- inates the necessity of employing the usual hat pins for retaining the hat in position upon the head. The device may be easily and quickly adjusted within the crown of the hat as may be necessitated by the particular manner in which the wearers hair is dressed so as to assure the proper engagement of the pins or fasteners in the hair. My invention, owing to the few parts employed may be produced at small manufacturing cost, is highly efiicient and reliable in practical use.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several parts employed, it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A hat fastener comprising a supporting member, adapted to be mounted within a hat crown, blocks slidable upon the supporting member toward and from each other, a fastener carried by each of the blocks, a movable endless wire having parallel stretches mounted upon the support, the parallel stretches of said wire being connected to the respective blocks, and actuating means con nected to one of said blocks.

2. A hat fastener comprising standards provided with openings and adapted to be arranged within the crown of a hat at diametrically opposite points, a supporting member mounted upon said standards, a pair of fasteners longitudinally movable upon said member toward and from each other and adapted for engagement in the hair of to normally hold the buttons yieldingly in the wearer, means for actuating said fasengagement with the rim of the hat. 1O teners including a Wire extending through In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my said openings in the standards, the eXtremisignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ties of said Wire adapted to be disposed OTTO VOSS.

through the hat rim, buttons secured to the Witnesses: extremities of said Wire, and elastic tapes FRANK DUNKEL, secured to said buttons and to the standards Mrs. IRENE KNIGHT.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

